We need a regulatory approach to children’s health eliminating potential hazards without accepting a level of harm. Chemical companies must prove that their products will have no adverse effect on children’s health before the chemical is approved for use by EPA.

THE PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED SCIENCE WHICH LINKS PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND CHILDHOOD DISEASE. MUCH OF THIS IS ADDRESSED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE 2010 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CANCER PANEL STUDY (PCP) –REDUCINGENVIRONMENTALCANCER RISK 2008–2009 Annual Report President’s Cancer Panel (PCP)What We Can Do Now

– “Background: Pesticides affect a number of targets in the CNS, and cross the placenta. One previous report suggests a link between maternal residential proximity to commercial organochlorine pesticide exposure during early prenatal life and the risk of autism. That study did not evaluate individual exposures to household pesticides.”